[FS#462] Lede 17.01.0-rc1 - ramips/rt3883/rt-n56u bootloop

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FS#462 - Lede 17.01.0-rc1 - ramips/rt3883/rt-n56u bootloop
User who did this - Aaron Z (aczlan)

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I just picked up a couple of these, I ran into the same issue with lede-17.01.0-r3205-59508e3-ramips-rt3883-rt-n56u-squashfs-factory.bin.

I was ble to get it working by going from factory FW_RT_N56U_30043804180 → OpenWrt 14.07 ( https://downloads.openwrt.org/barrier_breaker/14.07/ramips/rt3883/openwrt-ramips-rt3883-rt-n56u-squashfs-factory.bin ) → sysupgrade to Lede 17.01.0 ( lede-17.01.0-r3205-59508e3-ramips-rt3883-rt-n56u-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin ). I did NOT save settings when upgrading from 14.07 to 17.01.0 and it worked fine.

To recover from the bootloop, I followed the directions from https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/asus/rt-n56u#recovery (Using the Asus "Firmware Restoration" tool from http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/RT-N56U_B1/Rescue_2000.zip to flash the factory FW_RT_N56U_30043804180 image on).

I have also used that tool to flash OpenWrt 14.07 on when it was stuck in the bootloop with no issues.


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